| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW IV.iii.21 | common course of all treasons we still see them reveal | common course of all treasons, we still see them reueale |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC I.iii.26.1 | I saw the treasons planted. | I saw the Treasons planted. |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC I.v.7.1 | O, 'tis treason! | O 'tis Treason. |
| As You Like It | AYL I.iii.59 | Treason is not inherited, my lord, | Treason is not inherited my Lord, |
| Coriolanus | Cor III.i.171.1 | Manifest treason! | Manifest Treason. |
| Cymbeline | Cym III.iv.87 | Do feel the treason sharply, yet the traitor | Do feele the Treason sharpely, yet the Traitor |
| Cymbeline | Cym V.v.336 | Itself, and all my treason: that I suffered | It selfe, and all my Treason that I suffer'd, |
| Cymbeline | Cym V.v.346 | Excited me to treason. Their dear loss, | Excited me to Treason. Their deere losse, |
| Hamlet | Ham II.ii.509 | 'Gainst Fortune's state would treason have pronounced. | 'Gainst Fortunes State, would Treason haue pronounc'd? |
| Hamlet | Ham III.ii.188 | Such love must needs be treason in my breast: | Such Loue, must needs be Treason in my brest: |
| Hamlet | Ham IV.v.126 | That treason can but peep to what it would, | That Treason can but peepe to what it would, |
| Hamlet | Ham V.ii.317 | Treason! Treason! | Treason, Treason. |
| Hamlet | Ham IV.vi.34 | | [Q1 replaces this scene with the following] Enter Horatio and the Queene. HOR. Madame, your sonne is safe arriv'de in Denmarke, This letter I euen now receiv'd of him, Whereas he writes how he escap't the danger, And subtle treason that the king had plotted, Being crossed by the contention of the windes, He found the Packet sent to the king of England, Wherein he saw himselfe betray'd to death, As at his next conuersion with your grace, He will relate the circumstance at full. QUEENE. Then I perceiue there's treason in his lookes That seem'd to sugar o're his villanie: But I will soothe and please him for a time, For murderous mindes are alwayes jealous, But know not you Horatio where he is? HOR. Yes Madame, and he hath appoynted me To meete him on the east side of the Cittie To morrow morning. QUEENE. O faile not, good Horatio, and withall, commend me A mothers care to him, bid him a while Be wary of his presence, lest that he Faile in that he goes about. HOR. Madam, neuer make doubt of that: I thinke by this the news be come to court: He is arriv'de, obserue the king, and you shall Quickely finde, Hamlet being here, Things fell not to his minde. QUEENE. But what became of Gilderstone and Rossencraft? HOR. He being set ashore, they went for England, And in the Packet there writ down that doome To be perform'd on them poynted for him: And by great chance he had his fathers Seale, So all was done without discouerie. QUEENE. Thankes be to heauen for blessing of the prince, Horatio once againe I take my leaue, With thowsand mothers blessings to my sonne. HORAT. Madam adue. |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 I.iii.86 | Shall we buy treason, and indent with fears | Shall we buy Treason? and indent with Feares, |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 V.ii.9 | For treason is but trusted like the fox, | For Treason is but trusted like the Foxe, |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 IV.ii.107 | I do arrest thee, traitor, of high treason; | I doe arrest thee (Traytor) of high Treason: |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 IV.ii.109 | Of capital treason I attach you both. | Of Capitall Treason, I attach you both. |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 IV.ii.123 | Treason's true bed and yielder up of breath. | Treasons true Bed, and yeelder vp of breath. |
| Henry V | H5 II.chorus.29 | If hell and treason hold their promises, | If Hell and Treason hold their promises, |
| Henry V | H5 II.ii.105 | Treason and murder ever kept together, | Treason, and murther, euer kept together, |
| Henry V | H5 II.ii.110 | Wonder to wait on treason and on murder: | Wonder to waite on treason, and on murther: |
| Henry V | H5 II.ii.114 | All other devils that suggest by treasons | And other diuels that suggest by treasons, |
| Henry V | H5 II.ii.119 | Gave thee no instance why thou shouldst do treason, | Gaue thee no instance why thou shouldst do treason, |
| Henry V | H5 II.ii.145 | I arrest thee of high treason, by the name of | I arrest thee of High Treason, by the name of |
| Henry V | H5 II.ii.147 | I arrest thee of high treason, by the name of Henry Lord | I arrest thee of High Treason, by the name of Thomas Lord |
| Henry V | H5 II.ii.149 | I arrest thee of high treason, by the name of Thomas | I arrest thee of High Treason, by the name of Thomas |
| Henry V | H5 II.ii.162 | At the discovery of most dangerous treason | At the discouery of most dangerous Treason, |
| Henry V | H5 II.ii.186 | This dangerous treason lurking in our way | This dangerous Treason, lurking in our way, |
| Henry V | H5 IV.i.220 | their shoulders; but it is no English treason to cut | their shoulders: but it is no English Treason to cut |
| Henry V | H5 IV.viii.13 | Stand away, Captain Gower: I will give treason | Stand away Captaine Gower, I will giue Treason |
| Henry V | H5 IV.viii.21 | God for it! – a most contagious treason come to light, | God for it, a most contagious Treason come to light, |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 II.iv.91 | For treason executed in our late king's days? | For Treason executed in our late Kings dayes? |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 II.iv.92 | And by his treason standest not thou attainted, | And by his Treason, stand'st not thou attainted, |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 II.iv.97 | Condemned to die for treason, but no traitor; | Condemn'd to dye for Treason, but no Traytor; |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 III.ii.36 | France, thou shalt rue this treason with thy tears, | France, thou shalt rue this Treason with thy teares, |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 III.ii.49 | O, let no words, but deeds, revenge this treason! | Oh let no words, but deedes, reuenge this Treason. |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 IV.i.74 | Let him perceive how ill we brook his treason, | Let him perceiue how ill we brooke his Treason, |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 V.iii.189 | There Minotaurs and ugly treasons lurk. | There Minotaurs and vgly Treasons lurke, |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 V.iv.109 | By treason, falsehood, and by treachery, | By Treason, Falshood, and by Treacherie, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 I.iii.175 | Because here is a man accused of treason. | Because here is a man accused of Treason, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 I.iii.180 | That doth accuse his master of high treason. | That doth accuse his Master of High Treason; |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 II.iii.93 | Hold, Peter, hold! I confess, I confess treason. | Hold Peter, hold, I confesse, I confesse Treason. |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 III.i.54 | And in his simple show he harbours treason. | And in his simple shew he harbours Treason. |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 III.i.70 | From meaning treason to our royal person | From meaning Treason to our Royall Person, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 III.i.97 | I do arrest thee of high treason here. | I doe arrest thee of High Treason here. |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 III.i.102 | As I am clear from treason to my sovereign. | As I am cleare from Treason to my Soueraigne. |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 III.i.169 | Nor store of treasons to augment my guilt; | Nor store of Treasons, to augment my guilt: |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 III.i.174 | From treason's secret knife and traitor's rage | From Treasons secret Knife, and Traytors Rage, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 IV.vi.5 | henceforward it shall be treason for any that calls me | henceforward it shall be Treason for any, / That calles me |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 IV.viii.62 | only my followers' base and ignominious treasons, makes | onely my Followers base and ignominious treasons, makes |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 V.i.107 | Of capital treason 'gainst the King and crown. | Of Capitall Treason 'gainst the King and Crowne: |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 V.ii.23 | But that 'tis shown ignobly and in treason. | But that 'tis shewne ignobly, and in Treason. |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 I.i.199 | And neither by treason nor hostility | And neyther by Treason nor Hostilitie, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 II.v.54 | When care, mistrust, and treason waits on him. | When Care, Mistrust, and Treason waits on him. |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 III.iii.97 | And not bewray thy treason with a blush? | And not bewray thy Treason with a Blush? |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 V.i.68 | Thou and thy brother both shall buy this treason | Thou and thy Brother both shall buy this Treason |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 V.ii.18 | To search the secret treasons of the world; | To search the secret Treasons of the World: |
| Henry VIII | H8 I.i.156.1 | To be corrupt and treasonous. | To be corrupt and treasonous. |
| Henry VIII | H8 I.i.156.2 | Say not treasonous. | Say not treasonous. |
| Henry VIII | H8 I.i.176 | To th' old dam, treason – Charles the Emperor, | To th'old dam Treason) Charles the Emperour, |
| Henry VIII | H8 I.i.201 | Arrest thee of high treason, in the name | Arrest thee of High Treason, in the name |
| Henry VIII | H8 I.ii.7 | And point by point the treasons of his master | And point by point the Treasons of his Maister, |
| Henry VIII | H8 II.i.27 | Have found him guilty of high treason. Much | Haue found him guilty of high Treason. Much |
| Julius Caesar | JC III.ii.193 | Whilst bloody treason flourished over us. | Whil'st bloody Treason flourish'd ouer vs. |
| King Edward III | E3 I.ii.126 | I dreamed tonight of treason, and I fear. | I dreamde to night of treason and I feare. |
| King Edward III | E3 I.ii.127 | Far from this place let ugly treason lie! | Far from this place let vgly treason ly. |
| King Edward III | E3 II.i.153 | To ransack so the treasure of her mind; | To ransack so the treason of her minde, |
| King Edward III | E3 II.i.258 | Commit high treason against the king of heaven, | Comit high treason against the King of heauen, |
| King Lear | KL I.ii.108 | discord; in palaces, treason; and the bond cracked 'twixt | discord; in Pallaces, Treason; and the Bond crack'd, 'twixt |
| King Lear | KL III.v.11 | heavens! that this treason were not, or not I the | Heauens! that this Treason were not; or not I the |
| King Lear | KL III.vii.88 | That made the overture of thy treasons to us; | That made the ouerture of thy Treasons to vs: |
| King Lear | KL V.iii.84 | On capital treason, and, in thy attaint, | On capitall Treason; and in thy arrest, |
| King Lear | KL V.iii.93 | Thy heinous, manifest, and many treasons, | Thy heynous, manifest, and many Treasons, |
| King Lear | KL V.iii.120 | By treason's tooth bare-gnawn and canker-bit; | By Treasons tooth: bare-gnawne, and Canker-bit, |
| King Lear | KL V.iii.144 | Back do I toss these treasons to thy head, | Backe do I tosse these Treasons to thy head, |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL IV.iii.188.1 | Some certain treason. | Some certaine treason. |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL IV.iii.188.2 | What makes treason here? | What makes treason heere? |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL IV.iii.190 | The treason and you go in peace away together. | The treason and you goe in peace away together. |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL IV.iii.192 | Our parson misdoubts it; 'twas treason, he said. | Our person mis-doubts it: it was treason he said. |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL IV.iii.291 | Flat treason 'gainst the kingly state of youth. | Flat treason against the Kingly state of youth. |
| Macbeth | Mac I.iii.114 | But treasons capital, confessed, and proved | But Treasons Capitall, confess'd, and prou'd, |
| Macbeth | Mac I.iv.6 | That very frankly he confessed his treasons, | that very frankly hee / Confess'd his Treasons, |
| Macbeth | Mac II.iii.9 | scales against either scale, who committed treason | Scales against eyther Scale, who committed Treason |
| Macbeth | Mac II.iii.71 | Ring the alarum-bell! Murder and treason! | Ring the Alarum Bell: Murther, and Treason, |
| Macbeth | Mac II.iii.129.1 | Of treasonous malice. | Of Treasonous Mallice. |
| Macbeth | Mac III.ii.24 | Treason has done his worst. Nor steel, nor poison, | Treason ha's done his worst: nor Steele, nor Poyson, |
| Measure for Measure | MM V.i.340 | treasonable abuses. | treasonable abuses. |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV III.ii.27 | What treason there is mingled with your love. | What treason there is mingled with your loue. |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV III.ii.28 | None but that ugly treason of mistrust | None but that vglie treason of mistrust. |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV III.ii.31 | 'Tween snow and fire, as treason and my love. | 'Tweene snow and fire, as treason and my loue. |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV V.i.85 | Is fit for treasons, stratagems, and spoils, | Is fit for treasons, stratagems, and spoyles, |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA III.iii.104 | Some treason, masters; yet | Some treason masters, yet |
| Othello | Oth I.i.170 | O heaven! How got she out? O treason of the blood! | Oh Heauen: how got she out? / Oh treason of the blood. |
| Pericles | Per I.i.140 | Poison and treason are the hands of sin, | Poyson and Treason are the hands of Sinne, |
| Pericles | Per I.ii.104 | Who either by public war or private treason | Who either by publike warre, or priuat treason, |
| Pericles | Per Chorus.IV.14 | Seeks to take off by treason's knife. | Seeke to take off by treasons knife, |
| Richard II | R2 I.i.27 | Namely, to appeal each other of high treason. | Namely, to appeale each other of high treason. |
| Richard II | R2 I.i.57 | These terms of treason doubled down his throat. | These tearmes of treason, doubly downe his throat. |
| Richard II | R2 I.i.95 | That all the treasons for these eighteen years | That all the Treasons for these eighteene yeeres |
| Richard II | R2 I.iii.198 | Confess thy treasons ere thou fly the realm. | Confesse thy Treasons, ere thou flye this Realme, |
| Richard II | R2 II.iii.108 | In gross rebellion and detested treason. | In grosse Rebellion, and detested Treason: |
| Richard II | R2 III.ii.44 | Then murders, treasons, and detested sins – | Then Murthers, Treasons, and detested sinnes |
| Richard II | R2 III.ii.51 | His treasons will sit blushing in his face, | His Treasons will sit blushing in his face, |
| Richard II | R2 III.iii.93 | Is dangerous treason. He is come to open | Is dangerous Treason: He is come to ope |
| Richard II | R2 IV.i.151 | Of capital treason we arrest you here. | Of Capitall Treason we arrest you here. |
| Richard II | R2 V.ii.72 | Treason! Foul treason! Villain! Traitor! Slave! | Treason, foule Treason, Villaine, Traitor, Slaue. |
| Richard II | R2 V.iii.43 | Shall I for love speak treason to thy face? | Shall I for loue speake treason to thy face? |
| Richard II | R2 V.iii.49 | The treason that my haste forbids me show. | The reason that my haste forbids me show. |
| Richard II | R2 V.v.33 | Then treasons make me wish myself a beggar; | Then Treason makes me wish my selfe a Beggar, |
| Richard III | R3 I.i.90 | We speak no treason, man; we say the King | We speake no Treason man; We say the King |
| Richard III | R3 III.v.57 | The manner and the purpose of his treason, | The manner and the purpose of his Treasons: |
| Richard III | R3 V.v.39 | That would with treason wound this fair land's peace! | That would with Treason, wound this faire Lands peace. |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ III.v.172.1 | I speak no treason. | I speake no treason, |
| The Tempest | Tem II.i.163 | Without sweat or endeavour. Treason, felony, | Without sweat or endeuour: Treason, fellony, |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit I.i.156 | Here lurks no treason, here no envy swells, | Heere lurks no Treason, heere no enuie swels, |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit I.i.287 | Treason, my lord! Lavinia is surprised. | Treason my Lord, Lauinia is surpris'd. |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit IV.i.48 | And treats of Tereus' treason and his rape; | And treates of Tereus treason and his rape, |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit IV.i.66 | Inspire me, that I may this treason find. | Inspire me that I may this treason finde. |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit V.i.65 | Complots of mischief, treason, villainies, | Complots of Mischiefe, Treason, Villanies |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC II.ii.151 | What treason were it to the ransacked queen, | What Treason were it to the ransack'd Queene, |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK III.vi.161 | Let me say thus much: if in love be treason, | Let me say thus much; if in love be Treason, |
| The Winter's Tale | WT III.ii.14 | treason, in committing adultery with Polixenes, King of | Treason, in committing Adultery with Polixenes King of |